Identification-belt.



I I W. S... DOUGLASS.

IDENTIFICATION BELT 1.121311101111 011 P1111211 MATH), 1911.

,mm mm 1912.

[NI/ENTQR D u u as Aziomqy a citizen of the United llen Jean, in the county 0t ,Fayette and' tt lWdV- t Y t i r; a e 0 es n inia, iave nven er (en v til - To all whom t t-may concern.

'tilication-Beltsg and I :srription o't UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

wmrinnn-s. nouenlass, or GLEN JEAN, WEST vmomm.

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Be it known that LYYLs-rmno States, residing at lain new and uset ni Inliprovements in ldenlo herebydecla're the be afull, clear, and exact dethe invention, such as will enable others'skilled in the art to which it, a ppertai-ns tomakt. and use the same."

This invention relates to identification following to lwl-ts and has foi an object to providelab lt and identihcation means carried thereby, 1 whereby persons who are" victims of aoc1-,

dents may be easily identified, 1

Another ob ect 18 to provide a belt to be worn by miners and. other workmen, said welt adapted to have suspended tllGLGflOlllnumbered tag, or other means of identifi-' -a-io'zn'to make it possible to identity the \mrkman should he be a victi'in'pt an exylusitm or other accident, and, another ob--v fret is to provide n'icans to se'qurely fasten- 1: the tag orv other article of i(ilentification to the belt worn by a workman.

tlther objects and advantages will be hereinafter set forth and pointed 'out in the spe ification and claim.

in the accompanying drawings which are made a part of this application, Figure 1 is.

I porter a rospective view of the belt. and the tag holding means secured thereto, with ant mbercd tag or disk carried by tlie supporting means, ,while, view on the line 2-2 of Fig.1.

leferring to the drawings in which similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several Specification of Letters Pate t.

S. Doncmss, i

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional views. 1 represents the belt, which may be I of the ordinary or any preferred t'orni, and

has riveted or otherwise secured thereto the downwardly extending protector 2, com posed of leather or other suitable material and having the tongue 3 near itscenter and upon its outer surface, the purpose of which will presently appear.

Extending around the belt 1 and between the latter and the protector '2. is the rectangular portion 4 of the spring snap. which has the downwardly which passes beneath the tongue protector 2 and is curved below said tongue. as shown at .6. until the end thereof extends in an upward direction to form the JiQl finger 7 of the spring clip check supporter.

extending portion 5..

l and the t l v i i l curved portion "6 Edis the opposite curved end 8 of the spring 1 entificaition "check holder, which is directed at an angle, as shown zit-9, to the vertical portionh, said portions Sand 9 meeting at a point 10* i'inmediat'ely' below the belt 1, said portions-extending in opposite directions from this point to form the lower part of ,the rectang'ul' porter. i numbe eddisk' 11, or other means of identification having twpen this fingerand thecurved, end S of the innerfinger, until it passesthe latter finger and is suspended treely from the a of the supporh nprmally rest ng parallel-with theprotector 2.

It will 'bhnseen that the 'identification' means 11 cannot be casually disengaged from the spring clip, and as the latter .issecurel-y engaged ,around the belt 1, there is no possibility of the workman, losing his means'ot identification; is preferably p'assed'betv 'een thebei't i and "the protector 2 betwee the rivets .or other y w P atented May '7, 1912. Application filed na e, 1911, Serial No. 627,523;

r portion 4 of the sup- I a suitable perfora- -t1'on.,asshown.at,12, islslipped over the end of the finger Tia-11d draw-n downwardly be- The rectangular portion 4' Pressing against the inner face of the finger-1 1 eo f securing. means tastening these two parts tog'ether, thus limiting the movementof. the supporter longitudinally of, the belt. The tongue 3,- serves to limit the ,lateral movement" of the lower portion of the disk supand the protector 2 serves tdprotect the .wearer of the belt, preventing the lower end of the springiclip of the identification lneans 11 from pressing against his person,

as it would otherwise'be liable to do, especially when the workman bends or forward. I

- As is well known, explosions and other accidents often occur in mines and similar places where large numbers of workmen are daily t'oiling and the victims of these accidents frequently are without means by whichthey may be identified. Persons employed in such places and wearing this identitication the number of the disk 11, or other identification means suspended from the spring clip herein employed, and as this device is of extremely simple construction, requiring no alteration whatever inthe present form of belt used by such workmen,'it could be manufactured and sold at a price within the reach of all requiring such devices. It willalso be seen thatthe wearer of this leans belt could easily be identified by.

identificationbelt is protected from injury byths same, amiss the identificatien means is securely fastened Ways] be in. positien' and place the ientificati'on 111 place s What I sis m be 0n the to the belt, it will all- When the belt is means will also Workman."

. In a device'ef el ass fiescribed the combmation with sgbelt having a protector securedtherete srid' depending therefrom of meaius for securing at spewed the protector to the belt suspending snap having a reetsngulavmportien ts engage the belt and degending the 'Whleh'fthe prete 15' said. protester h tisl pert on? t is 811 ham spending snap being en;

oetween the paints stair IS secured to said bait, emu-g s tnngue near .lts sen-- same from the. belt, the protector limiting the longitudinal movement the belt preventing juring the wearer of the In testimony whereof name to this specification two slibscribing' witnesses.

WINFIELD -S. DOUGLAS)? Witnesses:

' .Evslmm ROGERS, GEORGE KYLE.

of the snap upon in the presence said. snap from in- 

